jcoowanitwong (11467) [2007-06-24 0:20]
Hello Jose,
Nice pov and framing of these water droplets. This is a beautiful piece of artwork.
JC

loot (9313) [2007-06-24 0:42] [3] - [workshop] [compare] [+]
Hi Valerie

This is the socalled Jesus Christ lizard or the Emerald basilisk lizard - Basiliscus plumifrons. It got the name "Jesus Christ lizard" from its apparent ability to "run-on-water". Thanks to Paul Bratescu (AnimalExplorer) the creator of the "TrekLight Zone" or previously known as "The Dude with no Brain" and lately as "The dude who Found his Brain" who helped me with the correct zoological name. I had it as Basiliscus basiliscus, but that seems to be a brown version of an almost identical looking lizard called the "Brown basilisk lizard" or "Common basilisk lizard".

This guy sure gave you a lovely pose for the shot. I like your composition and POV with the lizard appearing from the bottom right hand corner. You did well to make the shot seem very natural as there are no Zoo paraphernalia visible. The BG is well isolated and OOF and the exposure are spot-on. Unfortunately the details seem a little soft and the colours a little dull. I cannot see what the aperture setting was, but I doubt that the DOF was a problem since I can clearly see the DOF range on the rock that the lizard is sitting on. So, it seems to me the photo is just in need of a little "Unsharp Masking” and possibly a little more "Saturation" in PP to bring out its true potential. Remember, any digital photo needs a little optimisation since the sensor tends to make a photo a little dull and unsharp so that it does not appear in the exact same way as the eye originally saw the scene. I tried a quick workshop just to illustrate what I mean.

Well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot

fragman (11898) [2007-06-24 0:48]
very nice pic, greetings Ori

livios (16856) [2007-06-24 1:10]
Jane, this one is very beautiful and colorful.

Great contrast and saturation.

livios (16856) [2007-06-24 1:11]
Pankaj, this is delicante, well taken and beautiful.

Excellent composition and pov.

I enjoy colors and saturation too.

livios (16856) [2007-06-24 1:13]
Ken, I've been trying a shot like this for quite a long time, but, so far, I wasn't successful.

I like your image.

These kinks of images are not easy to take at all, and you did a great job.

livios (16856) [2007-06-24 1:14]
Jacob, this guy is really staring at you.

Great composition and pov.

Of course, excellent eye contact. I enjoy colors too.

livios (16856) [2007-06-24 1:16]
Hakan, this is another impressive image by you.

Excellent composition and exposure.

A poetic and very beautiful image.

Congratulations.

livios (16856) [2007-06-24 1:17]
Hey, man, what a great photo.

Lukasz, I like colors and saturation a lot. Sharpness is great too.

Congratulations.

livios (16856) [2007-06-24 1:18]
Benyamin, maybe, the shot could be bigger, but, it's just an opinion. Apart from that, excellent colors, pov and compositon. I like saturation too.